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Scientists measured the distance to the eight “star nurseries” Local sleeves. “Local arm” of the milky way turned out to be four times longer than previously thought. This was reported in the online edition of Science Advances. “We rarely paid attention to the sleeve of the Galaxy. Always thought that …

People are able to adapt to the most inhospitable places of the Earth. They build bars and save the longing for communion the souls of the strong alcohol. Whether it’s an active volcano, Antarctica or Everest — in the most remote places on the planet you will surely find where …

Molecules of DNA and RNA arose at the same time.Biologists from the United States found evidence of alternative options for the development of life on Earth, in which it is assumed that DNA and RNA molecules emerged at the same time, bypassing the stage of RNA-world. The findings of scientists …

According to Hawking, life on Earth is in ever growing danger. British scientist Stephen Hawking has called upon mankind to conquer other planets. “I think that the human race has no future if it does not come to space,” — said the scientist. His thoughts he outlined in the book …

The moon was formed when Earth’s collision with Theia the protoplanets. Researchers at John Hopkins University came to the conclusion that the Moon appeared about 4.5 billion years ago as a result of collision with the Earth on a planetary object. Of scientific discovery is narrated in the edition of …

This rare phenomenon can be seen over the Western hemisphere.On the night of 30 September in the skies over America, it will be possible to observe the rare astronomical phenomenon – the black moon. Friday night in the sky over the Western hemisphere, you will notice quite a rare phenomenon. …

NASA released a fascinating photo of the moonrise over the Earth.NASA astronaut Kathleen Rubins showed a photo of the moonrise, which was observed aboard the International space station. The picture was published in one of the official accounts of the American space Agency on Twitter. Also, the photo shows the …

The global reduction of the surface temperature of the planet stopped about 1.2 million years ago. American climate scientist Caroline Snyder of Stanford University tracked the changes in the average global temperature of the Earth’s surface over the last two million years and recognizes the inevitability of its increase up …

The most acute problem in the cities of developing countries. Six million people a year die due to poor quality air. This was stated Maria Neira Maria Neira, Director of who Department of public health and environmental and social determinants of health. According to the expert, contaminated with more than …

Scientists said the loss of oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere The gas level was reduced by almost 1% in the last hundred thousand years, indicated in a paper presented in the pages of Science. Even before the origin of life on the planet had no oxygen. After the occurrence of …